07-02-2005, 09:26 PM
Aloha,
My wife and I moved to Hilo a little over a year ago from the mainland. We decided to move to the islands after our first vacation to Kauai several years ago – I still remember having dinner at the Beach House, watching the sunset and thinking about how we can make the move. We later visited other islands and eventually decided to move to the Big Island due to it's climatic diversity, land value, and nice pace (particularly on the Hilo side).
While we initially planned to build, we decided later that moving into an existing home was more prudent, especially since I would still have the opportunity to work for my mainland company and would need a home office. We sensed the challenges of building from our friends who were in the process of constructing a home up the coast. We've settled in the hills above Hilo where it is relatively cool. We love our location and the neighbors.
While I still work for my mainland company, we're building a business that consists of vacation and long-term rentals and development (single family homes). It's now a challenge since prices for raw land and construction have skyrocketed but we were fortunate to have purchased a few parcels while they were still reasonable.
Our main project at the moment is a vacation rental by the ocean in HPP. We look forward to sharing it with this community. I'll announce it when it is open for business. We also plan to create rental homes in HPP dedicated to folks moving to the island and needing a temporary home while building as well as a rental cottage for those on scouting trips. The former will be ready early next year. The cottage will be available in a few months.
This forum has been a great source of information and is turning into a good community. I hope to meet more of you in the future.
Noel
My wife and I moved to Hilo a little over a year ago from the mainland. We decided to move to the islands after our first vacation to Kauai several years ago – I still remember having dinner at the Beach House, watching the sunset and thinking about how we can make the move. We later visited other islands and eventually decided to move to the Big Island due to it's climatic diversity, land value, and nice pace (particularly on the Hilo side).
While we initially planned to build, we decided later that moving into an existing home was more prudent, especially since I would still have the opportunity to work for my mainland company and would need a home office. We sensed the challenges of building from our friends who were in the process of constructing a home up the coast. We've settled in the hills above Hilo where it is relatively cool. We love our location and the neighbors.
While I still work for my mainland company, we're building a business that consists of vacation and long-term rentals and development (single family homes). It's now a challenge since prices for raw land and construction have skyrocketed but we were fortunate to have purchased a few parcels while they were still reasonable.
Our main project at the moment is a vacation rental by the ocean in HPP. We look forward to sharing it with this community. I'll announce it when it is open for business. We also plan to create rental homes in HPP dedicated to folks moving to the island and needing a temporary home while building as well as a rental cottage for those on scouting trips. The former will be ready early next year. The cottage will be available in a few months.
This forum has been a great source of information and is turning into a good community. I hope to meet more of you in the future.
Noel